Due to the massive amounts of packaging that is a part of our convenience driven lifestyle, we all bring loads of plastic into our homes via the food that we eat. The goal of this blog is to demonstrate ways that we can cut down on the plastic that we use in acquiring foods that are staples in most of our pantries (and refrigerators). The recipes that I will be sharing will help to reduce your own personal carbon footprint, require little to no special equipment, support local, independent businesses, and create a delicious product!
OUTDOOR EDUCATION—What's Going On?
Look — Look Closer!
Western Tanager, Vol. 86 No. 1, Sep–Oct 2019
Perhentian Islands, Malaysia | Photo by Cindy Hardin
INSIDE THIS ISSUE, Vol. 86 No. 1 Sep–Oct 2019
• Majestic Malaysia | By Cindy Rosene Hardin
•INTERPRETING NATURE: Community Birding in the Heart of Los Angeles
Majestic Malaysia | By Cindy Rosene Hardin, Director of Outdoor Education
I am a huge fan of California and its natural beauty, particularly that of the Southern Region. I consider myself very fortunate to live in this part of the world. However, like most people, I sometimes get swept up with workaday duties, and find that my focus narrows to the immediate, rather than the bigger picture. While this facilitates accomplishing many tasks, it can inhibit creativity and awareness that there is life beyond my tiny little corner!
A Rainy Year Serves to Remind Us
The significant amount of rain received in Southern California during this past winter was much in the news, and celebrated or bemoaned, depending on your point of view. The paucity of precipitation over the last several years left many Angelenos with distant memory of what a real rainstorm feels like, me included. Images of rain swollen rivers, landslides, road closures and flooded streets were dramatic reminders of the type of winter that had not been experienced for quite some time. In the aftermath, the much heralded “Super Bloom” of wildflowers brought people to the outdoors in droves.
Western Tanager, Vol. 84 No. 4, Mar-Apr 2018
Owens Valley, April 2017 | Photo by Mary Freeman
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Western Tanager, Vol. 84 No. 4, March-April 2018
The California Condor, By Dessi Sieburth
Birding in Belize: A Guide Shares His Top Five Sites, By Lisa Freeman
Birds of the Season—February 2018, By Jon Fisher
Beautiful Ballona: What’s The Latest?, By Cindy Hardin
In Memory of Howard King, By Nick Freeman
Western Tanager, Vol. 84 No. 1, Sep-Oct 2017
ON THE COVER: Shoreline, Crystal Cove, Photo by Leslie Davidson
Crystal Cove is located in Orange County off the busy Pacific Coast Highway. Crystal
Cove State Park offers hiking in the deeply wooded canyons and water activities at the tide pools and sandy beaches.
My name is Leslie Davidson and I have been a docent at the Ballona Wetlands for the past 17 years. I enjoy photographing nature and love sharing my hobby with others.
Camera: Nikon Coolpix P510
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Western Tanager, Vol. 84 No. 1, September-October 2017
PHOTO ESSAY: Audubon Docents: The Things We Saw, By Photo Essay | By Cindy Hardin, Director of Outdoor Education and Photos by Leslie Davidson
YOUNG BIRDERS: Project Puffin — Audubon’s Seabird Restoration Project in Maine | By Dessi Sieburth
Coots Make Me Smile, By Contributing Author, Bev‐Sue Powers, (www.BallonaPhotography.com)
INTERPRETING NATURE: Aspiring Botanist Goes Plant‐hunting from Baldwin Hills to Yosemite, By Arely Mendia Perez, Environment for the Americas Intern, and Stacey Vigallon, Director of Environmental Education
Birds of the Season – August 2017, By Jon Fisher
Western Tanager, Vol. 83 No. 4, Mar-Apr 2017
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at Peck Road Water Conservation Park in Arcadia by Mary Freeman, January 8, 2017. Taken with Canon D40 with a Canon 400mm telephoto lens.
In this issue
ON THE COVER —Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Photo by Mary Freeman
Birds of the Season – Feb. 2017, by Jon Fisher
A Wet, Wet, Wetland, By Cindy Hardin, Director of Outdoor Education & Volunteer Coordinator
Los Angeles County’s Breeding Bird Atlas Now Available
INTERPRETING NATURE: Being a Biologist for a Day is a Great Excuse to Get Out to the Beach!, Stacey Vigallon, Director of Environmental Education |Photos by Stacey Vigallon
Hang in There, I’ll Get To It In A Bit, Louis Tucker, L.A. Audubon Field Trip Leader
YOUNG BIRDERS: Birds are Citizens of the World: Protecting our Migrating Birds, By Dessi Sieburth
Western Tanager, Vol. 83 No. 2, Nov-Dec 2016
Black-crowned Night-Heron, Photo by Dessi Sieburth
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Western Tanager, Vol. 83 No. 2, November December 2016
ON THE COVER
Black-crowned Night-Heron, Photo by Dessi Sieburth
•YOUNG BIRDERS: Helping Birds Through Photography, By Dessi Sieburth
•CONSERVATION CONVERSATION: Western Snowy Plovers Past and Future in Coastal Los Angeles, By Travis Longcore
•Ballona Docents Head South, Cindy Hardin, Director of Outdoor Education & Volunteer Coordinator
•State of California, Audubon California and Restoring the Salton Sea
•Birds of the Season–October 2016
•Always Excited About Your Firsts: The Chase, By Louis Tucker, Field Trip Leader
•INTERPRETING NATURE: Celebrating Shorebirds, Joyce Realgeno, Education and Restoration Staff, and Stacey Vigallon, Director of Environmental Education